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Manuscript/Mixed Material Nubdhah laṭīfah fī ʻilm al-kitābah wa-al-aḥbār نبذة لطيفة في علم الكتابة و الأحبار / Binder's title: Risālah fī al-aḥbār

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Title

  • Nubdhah laṭīfah fī ʻilm al-kitābah wa-al-aḥbār

Other Title

  • نبذة لطيفة في علم الكتابة و الأحبار
  • Binder's title: Risālah fī al-aḥbār

Summary

  • This manuscript in 20 folios contains two works. The first is a treatise by Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsā al-Ṭanṭāwī on writing tools and the craft of making ink. The work is organized in seven chapters. In the first chapter, the author briefly discusses the best type of reed pens to select for writing. In subsequent chapters, he explains ways to make red, black, and other kinds of ink, including how to write in gold. The treatise was completed on Friday, 1 Rabī' II 1268 AH (January 24, 1852). The second work is a short treatise, in approximately 2 1/2 folios, believed to be by Abū al-'Abbās Aḥmad ibn 'Alī al-Bawashī , on the origins, significance, and healing qualities of the Qurʼanic formula known as the basmala. World Digital Library.
  • Treatise on the types, manufacture, and use of pens, inks, and paper.

Names

  • Ṭanṭāwī, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá, -after 1851
  • Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1 Rabīʻ al-Ākhir 1268 H [23 January 1852].

Headings

  • -  Calligraphy, Arabic
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Writing materials and instruments
  • -  Writing, Arabic

Notes

  • -  [Egypt?]
  • -  Binding: Modern cardboard with leather spine.
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 5-609.
  • -  Ms.
  • -  Naskhī script; 19 lines in written area, 17 x 11 cm.
  • -  Paper: yellowed cream, with watermarks, in good condition, though brown stains on last two leaves. Black ink with some rubricated words; catchwords on rectos.
  • -  Text on fol. 1b -18a, followed by a note on fol. 18a-20b on the virtues of "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm" by Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Būnī.
  • -  Title from incipit.
  • -  Transcribed by the author on 1 Rabīʻ al-Ākhir 1268 H.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Incipit: الحمد لله المنعم المفضال الكبير المتعال وصلاته وسلامه على سيدنا محمد وعلى أله وصحبه خير أل. أما بعد فهذه نبذة لطيفة في علم الكتابة والأحبار وهى مرتبه على سبعة أبواب. الباب الأول في فضل علم الكتابة وانتخاب الأقلام واختيارها واختلاف بريها وغير ذلك . . . .

Medium

  • 20 leaves (19 lines), bound : paper ; 22 x 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PJ6126 .T36 1852

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008427059

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Ṭanṭāwī, Muḥammad Ibn ʻĪsá, -After 1851, Aḥmad Ibn ʻAlī Būnī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Nubdhah Laṭīfah Fī ʻilm Al-Kitābah Wa-Al-Aḥbār. [1 Rabīʻ al-Ākhir H 23 January 1852, 1852] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008427059/.

APA citation style:

Ṭanṭāwī, M. I. ʻ., Būnī, A. I. ʻ., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1852) Nubdhah Laṭīfah Fī ʻilm Al-Kitābah Wa-Al-Aḥbār. [1 Rabīʻ al-Ākhir H 23 January 1852] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008427059/.

MLA citation style:

Ṭanṭāwī, Muḥammad Ibn ʻĪsá, -After 1851, et al. Nubdhah Laṭīfah Fī ʻilm Al-Kitābah Wa-Al-Aḥbār. [1 Rabīʻ al-Ākhir H 23 January 1852, 1852] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008427059/>.